Bottle-filler.



W. H. BAHAN.

BOTTLE FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED 31111.15, 1912.

Patented Feb. 11, i913.

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iiiiirn senses renners WLECJIAM E. BAHN, OF LAWRENCE, B'SSHUSETTS.

BOTTLEFILLER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

iletented Feb., iii, ii.,

Application-med January 15, 1912. Serial Io. 67?.,302.

connection Wit-h ordinary faucet.

.siii iiiiers with which i ein familiar ere more iess complicated mechanisms end ineiodee tank and one or more iiiiingV tubes leading therefrom through which the hotties ere iirled. ieviees of this nature are connnoniy need for iiiiing bottles with heer, Whiskey other "liquor, rihere ere many smeii deniers who have only smell quantities o iiiuor 'Whieh they desire to pisos in hotties, and in sneh a 'cese it is y worth whiie fior the dealer to invest e i e ernountof money in e. bottle-filling machine to ii the smell number of hotties which hevrequires. 'When e dealer has no bottle-iiiing maehine, it hes been customery heretofore for him to li the bottles ioy using an ordinary funnei, lout this method is more or less unsatisfactory because of the time required to menipuiete the nnnei and hotties end because there is always more or iess Waste incident to the operation.

in the iiliing hot-ties it is customary to er the iiquor Miers-transferring it. to A hottie. The iit'er is .iee iron; the 'hottleiiiiing the iiiiing or" hotties o.: iii-stdrewing the ii end. itering it and then t d ift-onor sind transferring il s. f i .A vided e. novei combined bot-tie ier ond ltering device by Whichtne iiquor sireniteneously iitered end deivered diinto the hotties and have arranged eet of e oasis, keg, or berrei. With my improved device sineie bottles een be en oly son eoesre fwN iied with itered usneiiy a seperate .ce samenst it can he readily attached in .sect-ion; Fig. 2 shows the hottie appliedv to the filling tube and the position or the parts during the operation of illingI the hottie; Fig. 3 is e View similar to Fig. 2

showing the veive of the bottle-iiiling device closed; Fig. d is a section on the line :ze-az, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is e seetion'on the line y-y, Fig. 3.

In the drawings l designates e Cask, berrel or keg containing liquor and 2 the faucet through which liquor is drawn therefrom. These parts are ot usuei Construction and form no port ci' lehe present invention.

My improved bottle iller comprises a body portion shaped to be inserted over the end oi'v the faucet and adopted to be ett-ached thereto, and s. tiiiingtube si through which the liquor is discharged into the hottie. The body portion 3 is shown as having the en ierged upper end 5 Within which is received :i ring 6 oi rubber, cork, or simiier insteriel that makes e tight `ioint between the body 3 end the faucet.' it this ring is mede of ruhiger or coz-:ir which isinore or iess eiestie, seid ring be oi e size 'to snugiy .t the teucot so thet the iiiiing devies Wiii he heid in place the irieiionei oi' the ring with the faucet. This i; fides ineens whereby the devise n ey reodiiy eppiiedto or removed from the eueet.

The body port-ion 3 is provided with the veiye oiierniier i the iower end of which 'is an opening' 8 for receiving the lling tuioe when the relive is reised. The isl formed with the extension 12 that acts partly as a guide for the filling tube, 4and the ports 11 are of such a length that when the valve10 is resting on the valve seat said ports extend below the extension 12, thus admitting air to the filling tube to allovl1 the liquor to readily drain out therefrom, as will be presently described.

The filling tube has screwthreaded there-4 to a spring cup 13 which cup is thus held in shown in Fig. 2. The spring cup and filling tube are lifted lupwardly by the pressure of the bottle .thereby to unseat the valve and permit the liquor to flowthroligh the ports 114into the filling tube, and thusinto the bottle. The lowerend of the spring cup is shown as having grooves 16 4to permit the escape of air from the 4bottle as the latter fills. When the bottle is filled it is lowered and the spring 14 immediately seats the valve and prevents further flow -of the liquor. When the valve is seated the lower ends of the ports 11 are situated below the extension 12,-and as the spring cup does not fit tightly over the body 3 the air will readily pass in between the cup and the body and into the ports 11 so that all the liquor in the filling tube will immediately drain out therefrom. As a result when the bottle is withdrawn lfrom the filling tube there will be no drip and consequent waste, as would be the case if means were not provided to vent the 'filling tube from the top when the valve is closed.

I have associated' with my filling tube a filter so that the liquor can be filtered as the bottles are filled. This filter is preferably contained in the enlarged portion 5 of the body and it may be a filter made of three or four more layers of reticulated material, or it may be a filter made of any suitable filter material. The filter which is shown generally at 17 is illustrated as made of one or more layers of reticulated material and rests on the shoulder 18 at the bottom of the enlarged upper endv 5 and is confined in place thereon by the ring 6. Said ring, therefore, serves not only to make a tight joint between the filling tube and faucet, but also serves as a meansfor holding thefilling device to the faucet and forl holding the lter in place.

It will thus be seen4 that my invention is a combined bottle filler and filter so arranged that the liquor is filtered while it is the bottle. evice not only has the advantage of being delivered to being simple and inexpensive to manufac ture', but it has the advantage o f obviating the necessity ofl handling the liquor two times during the operation of filling bottles. Moreover, my device can be readily applied to or removed from a faucet, and, therefore, makes a very useful device for a dealer who wishes to fill -a limited number of bottles from a cask and does not go into the bottlefilling business onv a large scale.

I will preferably make my .valve a ring or washer 20 of leather, fiber, or some 'other similar material, -which is adaptedgto rest on the valve seat 9. This ring is shown as set into a groove in the valve, and the walls of the groove confine Lhering in place and preserve its shape.

The presence of the filter above the valve and valve seat is of advantage since'it prevents the passage to the valve seat of any foreign matter'which would be likely to clog the valve vor prevent it from properly seating itself on the valve seat.v

Having' fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. In a bottle filler, the combination with a body having a valve chamber,"and a' discharge opening, and provided with an extension, of a filling tube extending through said extension and said opening, a valve carried by the filling tube having ports in its side through which the liquor yfiows when the filling tube is raised to open the valve, said ports being of such a' length as toex" tend below the extension when the valve is closed, a cup secured to the filling tube and telescoping over the body, a spring confined between said cup and body for normally holding the valve closed, said spring being entirely within the cup, .substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2 In abottle filler, the combination with a body having means for attachment to a faucet' and a valve chamber, a discharge openlos ing in the bottom of said chamber and an I extension depending from said body below said discharge opening, of a filling tube extending through said extension and the discharge opening, a valve sustained by the filling tube, a ,spring tending normally to keep the valve closed, and means for venting the filling tube at its upper end when -the' valve is closed.

Y 3. In a bottle filler, the combination with a body having a valve chamber anda dislcharge opening'and provided with .an xtension, 'ofa filling tube extending through said extensiona'nd said opening, a `valve carried by the filling tube for closing the discharge opening,

said filling ports in itssdethrough whic'hlthe LinuQr tube having ,Y

flows when the filling tube is raised to open name to this speecaton, in thev presence of the valvefsairlo ports being of such ahlengb two subscribing v'itnesses. as to extend elow the extension W en 't 1e valve is closed whereby air may entelI the WILLI-AM H' BA-HAN 5 upper end of the filling tube to vent the Witnesses: same. l LoUIs C. SMITH, In testimony whereof, I have signed my WILLIAM H. BAHAN, Jr.` 

